A month ago we wrote that the collapse of the German government coalition was creating problems with implementing the EU’s cryptocurrency regulation MiCA, because it had failed to pass legislation. However, on Wednesday the German parliament (Bundestag) finally passed the bill, the Digitalization of Financial Markets Act (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz of FinmadiG). Apparently, it was added to the agenda at short notice. Parliament responded to industry requests to ensure the legislation was in place before MiCAR comes fully into force on December 30.
FinmadiG isn’t only about crypto and MiCAR as it also impacts other EU laws such as DORA and the Transfer of Funds Regulation. However, for MiCAR it introduced the Supervision of Crypto Markets Act (KMAG), the piece of legislation that supplants Germany’s old crypto rules with MiCAR.
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